Vermont maple working lunch

[Customize!] Team values check-in

Each squad picks one value or commitment they want the team to take away from this outing, writes it on a napkin or notecard, and the squad lead reads it aloud. Take a photo with all the napkins held up in the centre. (Organisers: replace this with a specific team-values prompt if you have one.)

Battery Park gazebo squad shot

Battery Park sits on a bluff above the lake with a white gazebo and old cannons. Find the gazebo (or a cannon) and take a squad photo with the team gathered inside or around it, the lake stretching out behind.

Ben & Jerry's scoop toast

Pop into a Ben & Jerry's scoop shop on or near Church Street, order a flavour each (Cherry Garcia, Phish Food, Chunky Monkey) and take a squad photo with everyone holding their cone up in a toast.

Boardroom: Church Street Marketplace

Today's boardroom is outdoors. Navigate to Church Street Marketplace, the four-block pedestrian heart of Burlington, and check in around Main or College Street.

Boardwalk team walk

Walk along the waterfront boardwalk between the ECHO Center and the breakwater. Take a squad photo where the team walks toward the camera with the lake spreading out behind everyone.

Burlington Bike Path stretch

The Island Line / Burlington Bike Path runs along Lake Champlain. Find a stretch of the path along the lake and take a squad photo with the path leading the eye toward the water.

Burlington team finale

Final challenge. Find a beautiful Burlington spot (Lake Champlain at sunset, Church Street lit up, Battery Park at golden hour) and take an amazing closing squad photo. Cheers from the Queen City, well done team!

Burlington team kick-off

The team outing begins! Find a classic Burlington backdrop (a Church Street awning, a maple leaf, Lake Champlain in the distance) and take a squad photo with everyone jumping in the air at the same time.

Church Street busker shot

Church Street is full of buskers, painted patios, indie shops and Vermont craft carts. Find a busker mid-performance or an unusual cart and take a squad photo with the team in the scene. Drop a tip if a song is playing.

City Hall Park squad shot

City Hall Park has an open lawn, a fountain and weekly events. Find the fountain and take a squad photo with the team arranged around it, the City Hall facade in the background.

Lake Champlain wide shot

Lake Champlain stretches out for miles in front of Burlington with the Adirondack Mountains on the far shore. Find a vantage point on the waterfront boardwalk and take a squad photo with the lake and the mountains filling the background.

Local Burlingtonian tip

Convince a local Burlington resident to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide and remember the tip.

Offsite: Battery Park

Walk north up the bluff to Battery Park overlooking the lake and check in at the gazebo or one of the cannons.

Offsite: City Hall Park

Walk to City Hall Park at the south end of Church Street and check in at the fountain.

Offsite: Lake Champlain waterfront

Walk west and downhill to the Burlington waterfront on Lake Champlain. Check in by the ferry dock or the ECHO Center.

Trivia: Ben & Jerry's founded

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first ice-cream shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington in what year?

Trivia: Burlington granted

Burlington was granted to Samuel Willis and 63 others by the colonial governor of New Hampshire in what year (the founding year of the town)?

Trivia: Champlain other shore

Lake Champlain forms part of the border between Vermont and which other US state (on the far shore)?

Trivia: Green Mountain Boys

Burlington sits in Ethan Allen's territory. Ethan Allen led which Revolutionary War militia (three words)?